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Lucy Jones
Chief Scientist, Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society
Lucy Jones is founder and chief scientist of the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society, and a Research Associate at the Seismological Laboratory of Caltech where she furthers resilience to natural hazards through scientific research and collaborations with policy makers. She is the author of The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us. In 2021, she created Tempo to bring together scientists and musicians to change the emotional climate about climate change
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Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society
Chief Scientist
2017 - Present
USGS Earthquake Science Center Pasadena
Geophysicist
1983 - 2016
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctorate
1981
Brown University
Bachelors
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Synthesis of Current Seismicity and Tectonics Along the 1857 Mw7.9 Fort Tejon Earthquake Rupture and the Southernmost San Andreas Fault, California, USA
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SOLID EARTH
15 june 2024
Connecting Local Students with Local Expertise: A Summer-long Earthquake Program at Caltech for High Schoolers
EFFORTS TO SUPPORT AND INCREASE DIVERSITY IN THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE WORKFORCE III POSTER
education | 15 december 2023
Seismology for Society
BENO GUTENBERG LECTURE
seismology | 12 december 2023
The Southern San Andreas Fault Zone: Synthesis of Crustal Deformation Processes from Seismicity Observations and Interpretations
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY VIEW OF STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS AND EVOLUTION OF THE SAN ANDREAS PLATE BOUNDARY SYSTEM AND OTHER TRANSFORM FAULTS I ORAL
tectonophysics | 15 december 2022
Welcome to Tempo:
TEMPO: MUSIC FOR CLIMATE ACTION
innovations | 12 december 2022
Going beyond science communication to activating our science in policy making: Lessons from advances in seismic safety
"AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE": WARNING SYSTEMS AND PLANNING SCENARIOS TO REDUCE RISKS TO NATURAL HAZARDS I
public affairs | 11 december 2019
Opportunities and challenges for scientists in disaster management and response: Case studies from California and Oregon
SCIENCE DIPLOMACY: ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY THROUGH CROSS-BORDER COLLABORATION I
public affairs | 10 december 2019
Science Diplomacy: Lessons learned from seismic safety legislation
FALL MEETING 2018
14 december 2018
Volunteer Experience
2019 - 2020
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Science and Society Executive Committee
2017 - 2019
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Ambassador Award Committee
2017 - 2018
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Science and Society Executive Committee
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Honors & Awards
Spilhaus Ambassador Award Grant
Received 2025
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Beno Gutenberg Lecture
Received 2023
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Gilbert F. White Award and Distinguished Lecture
Received 2018
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